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 My
love affair with Border Collies started nearly 20 years ago when a friend
would bring her female Border
Collie to work on weekends to play with my male Golden Retriever. When I lost my Goldie to
old
age
I was introduced to
Jacquie Marshall of
Clanheath Border Collies and my
first Border Collie
Georgia
(Aust.
Ch. Dancinvale
by Design)
who quickly became a lounge lizard (as shown with her "human daddy"
Charlie). At the time she was promised that she'd never have to set
foot in a ring again which explains why she always looked so
impressed
when
we had the hide to enter her in Veterans! When Charlie found out that
he was dieing he allowed me to take
Jake
(Aust.
Ch. Kybota Kings High)
who was Georgia's grandson and was looking for a new home. What can I
say, even Charlie joked about how many dogs I might end up with without him
to control me! It wasn't long before Jake's daughter
Charlotte (Clanheath
Sweet Charlotte)
moved in
then
Chance
(Aust. Ch. Clanheath Takea Chance)
who bypassed me and moved straight onto my parents lounge and
Connie
(Clanheath Royal Design)
who came for a visit and seems to have forgotten to go home.
It was time to find a name for this growing clan so Dragonsmir
(which is also a registered business name for other entities and
was derived from Charlie's Slovenian name) was also applied to
the B&W kids.
 I had a lot
of fun with
Walker
(Clanheath Designa Knite)
while
he stayed with me and we even managed to clock up a few challenge points!
I have
to admit that I was expecting my next challenge to be presenting one of
Walker
& Connie's
pups in the ring but with the sudden and unexpected
loss of
Georgia
it would seem that the challenge was going to be figuring out how life would
work with her.
 Some
things are meant to be and a young man called
Ziggy
(Clanheath
Cause A Riot)
managed to worm his way into my heart and although he was sold three times
succeeded in what we suspect was his plan all along and moved in with the Dragonsmir kids!
This love affair has
also seen me go
from taking the odd
photos of my own/friends dogs to spending more time taking photos than
showing! For more info go to
www.borderpixnart.com
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